Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-03-05
DEVILS LAKE. COUNTY. OAK. SATURDAY. MARCH

Y COUNTY. OAK. S
UNTIlIRLY D1ATH.
Harry L. Prescott Passes Away
Suddenly IN Boston, Mass.
Monday afternoon the startling infor-
nation was received at HE North Shore
bank Of this city that Harry L. Prescott,
president and one Of ths proprietors Of
that institution, had died In Boston.
Messrs. Sinclair and Lord, who are In
charge Of the bank during the absence of
the proprietors. had information Sunday
evening which convinced them that Mr..
Prescott was in precarious condition,
and to them the sad nova did not come
with so great shock. Indeed Mrs. Pres.
colt, when she left here Monday morn
ing, in response to y telegram, had rea-
SON to fear the worst. Mr.. Presrott's dis
ease 10 believed to have been rheumatism
of the stomach. He had been sf-
hicted with stomach troubles for several
years, but at no time did he look upon
the difaculty with serasas approximations
IofSiGDseessa 61lslgs shses 1sr thesase jan
18th, for the purposeof organizing ths
North Shore Secured Investment COM
pany. The writer accompanied him as
far - New York city; whore we left him
on the morning Of January 81 in appar-
ent good health. in manifest good spir.
its, and full Of hope that his financial pro.
ject would be success. In this he rea
iized his brightest expectations. Hehad
succeeded in organizing the company,
the officers were elected and large
amount Of money secured for Invest
ment in North Dakota realty. From
New York he went to Troy, where his
mother resides. and after q few days visit
he proceeded east to Boston. There the
final arrangements In connection with
the investment company's business were
just closed, and Mr.. Prescott was getting
ready to return home when he was taken
sick. A few days medical treatment
placed him upon his feet again. and on
the I'D Of February, Mrs. Moore. his
wife's sister, at whose house he was
stopping, wrote that he was gaining In
strength rapidly. but complained OF con-
stant hunger, his physician having pre-.
scribed diet Of Cruel. On the same date
Mr. Wilder, who is now In Boston. wrote
his pirtner hero, Chas. 8. Smith, that the
weather was simply awful; that Mr..
Prescott was better and would leave In
q few days II the climate did not kill
him. On the 25th he was taken with {
relapse, and sank gradually until thu
end came on Monday, the 2sth.
Allowing for no delays, Mrs. Prescott
reached Boston Thursday evening. TIL,
body will be laid at rest In the ceme
terry at Troy. N. Y. where the fathe
aud other relatives Of the deceased ar
buried. The bereaved wife left her thre
little children at their home in this cit,
In care of Miss Ella Butler, of Portland
Me-, who has been visiting the Prescott
family for several months. There i
deep sympathy and sorrow in this com
, .nunity for the grief-stricken widow ant
. children. Among business men there
L - PAOlVOhSA AoAA Ob OV0k tulo ouOSAOA VAu
ing of useful and valuable life. Mr.
prescott was among the foremost mel
of Devils Lake In all matters calculate,
to benefit the town. He was the frs
man In the town to decide in favor Of re
building with brick when the great fir
of 1884 had consumed ito 3l20.0OO worth o
property here. He was in Minnesota a
the time, and when he learned Of the dis
y aster he telegraphed his partner, MI
{ Burnett, "Rebuild at once with brick.
{ The first carload of brick hauled her
were for the North Shore bank, and tn
! neat little red block ut the corner Of Kell.
F. and Fifth stands as q monument to hi
! enterprise.
BY his thrifty and business-like meth
DDS he had shared we'll in the prosperit,
which has been the good fortune Of man!
of his fellow citizens here, and his widow
has the consolation of . com Portable com
petence and half interest in business
which is paying handsome revenue
There is also $500 of life insurance Il
y be added to her little fortune. At tn
death of bis grandfather, year ago, h
" inherited 25.OOO, which is at interest ii
:. government bonds.
b Mr.. Prescott seemed to live only fol
;. his family, to whom his devotion ant
= kindness were the subject Of general re
$ mark. Just before he left for the east hi
: purchased four lots near the fair grounds
:. and it was his intention upon his retur,
to put up quite costly house, "where,'
as he remarked to friend recently, ':m.
/. children can have home when hav'
r passed beyond the period ofusefulness.'
I AS member Of the Episcopal church
he had taken an active interest in an,
subscribed literally toward the con
struction of the little stone chapel in thi
lefty. -. ,e,-
Deceased was born In Troy, N. Y, Il
1913. Before he had arrived at man.
estate in years desire to see the worlt
and is great waters led him to ship be
fore the mast. For,seven years he fol
lowed the sea, going 10 the Bermudas, t
u the PRINCIPAL ports Of Europe, to Chin
and Japan. Earlv in the seventies
Y quit the life Of sailor in San Francisc